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Hello Again,
Five years later with a different spider identification mystery and a slightly different location. The image is a "collage" where the bottom right is the initial photo, I thought my dog stepped on it- It was after midnight so technically Friday morning November 11, 2021 here in Wilmington, NC. It was a few feet inside from the back door and when I took the second picture it moved, I jumped, liquid spilled and outstretched red spider in the top photo. The only other unwanted creatures I can confirm were a scary number of Brown Widow spiders outside and in garage earlier this year- (yes) confirmed photos, spike egg sacs and a bite on my toe! Also tons of tree frogs keep coming in when someone leaves the door open...
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- Submitted: Nov 13, 2021
- Photographed: Nov 11, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I realize there are only a few poisonous spiders in our area but I haven’t seen this before and want to make sure my dog is safe and to calm down the guys around here because I have “spider duty”. Cheers! Becky
So I am thinking it looks most like a “woodlouse spider” but the photos show it a warmer, brighter colour than it was. There was no poison or liquid on it except for the legs in the top portion. I’m going to stop searching now and hope to hear something. Thanks again!
Hi, I’m not sure, except that it doesn’t look like a Recluse or Widow, as you said -the only dangerous types of spiders in your area (actually all of North America). It has an abdomen like a Bark Crab Spider. The legs are oddly long and thick. Your dog should be okay and that “someone” needs to stop leaving the door open for many reasons. Glue traps may be helpful for the Brown Widows and for you to see what species get inside your home, just keep the traps somewhere your dog won’t step on them or snack on the… Read more »
Thank you for the input and I hope someone has a confirmation on that identification. If I see another I’ll take a better photo but the time before this when I tried to take a picture the spider jumped towards me and scared me from photos for a bit. It didn’t look like this one though. Cheers! Becky
Some spiders can really mess up their photo shoots by jumping! It’s happened to me a few times too. 🙂